US LBM announced today it has acquired Blevins Building Supply, a dealer with five locations in western North Carolina and one in southwest Virginia. Blevins will keep its brand name but become a unit of Parker's Building Supply, a US LBM operation that until now has been operating in Texas and California.

Founded in 1946, Blevins has operations in the Piedmont and mountain communities of Glade Valley, Sparta, West Jefferson, Wilkesboro, and Mount Airy, N.C., as well as Galax, Va. Its home page promotes cabinets, windows, appliances, insulation, and paint rather than lumber, but it does also treated lumber, cement siding, brick, vinyl siding, and power tools, and is an outlet for truss sales.

The deal brings US LBM its first store in Virginia, the company noted in a press release. And until now, it appears the only stake it had put into North Carolina ground was a GBS Building Supply lumberyard and design showroom in Hendersonville.

Third-generation owner Bill Blevins will stay on as an adviser while general manager Randy Miller will lead day-to-day operations, US LBM said.

Having Parker oversee the company marks a change of pace for US LBM. Its usual style is to have current management remain in place, but in this case the ownership might be ready to move on; Bill Blevins has been at the company for more than 60 years.

“Parker’s and Blevins have complementary operating models and share the same principles of providing superior customer service and a wide catalog of products to both do-it-yourselfers and building professionals,” Chris Rivers, Parker’s Building Supply's president, said in the news release.

US LBM took care to note that Blevins will remain in the Do it Best co-op.

This is US LBM's third acquisition this year. On June 4, the Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based company planted its second flag in the Phoenix market with the announcement that it had acquired R&K Building Supplies, a lumberyard based in Gilbert, Ariz. And on May 1, US LBM did its first deal in 15 months with its announcement that it has acquired Myrtle Beach Building Supply, a two-yard operation in South Carolina.

In May 2017, US LBM filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission signaling its intention to move from privately owned to publicly traded status. That initial public offering remains on hold.

US LBM ranks sixth in the current ProSales 100, having reported $3.02 billion in sales in 2017, 97% of it to pros.

US LBM was advised by Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn. Blevins was advised by Dragonfly Capital and the accounting firm of Bishop Dulaney Joyner & Abner.